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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Reference Library
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Field, George, 1777?-1854
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Hay, D. R. (David Ramsay), 1798–1866
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Chevreul, M. E. (Michel Eugène), 1786–1889
3
Gartside, Mary
2
Willson, Harry, 19th cent
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Andrews, James, 1806–1876
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Benson, William
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Berns, Roy S., 1954–
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Bucklow, Spike
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Cawse, John, 1779–1862
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Clark, Thomas A
1
Dootson, Kirsty Sinclair
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Gezamenlijke Verenigingen tot Bevordering van de Vakopleiding in de Grafische Industrie
1
Hardie, George
1
Harley, Rosamond D
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Hassell, J. (John), d. 1825
1
Howard, Frank, 1805–1866
1
Keyser, Barbara Whitney, 1946–
1
Mansion, L
1
McCracken, Grant David, 1951–
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Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
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2023-2024
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Books
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Archives & Manuscripts
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unknown
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Period
19th century
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20th century
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21st century
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lithograph
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artists' book
2
chromolithograph
2
drawing book
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history
2
wood engraving
2
aquatint
1
correspondence
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dictionarie
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dictionary
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engraving
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manuals (handbooks)
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screen print
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terminology
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textbook
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Color.
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Painting -- Technique.
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Artists' materials.
4
Colors.
4
House painting.
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Interior decoration.
4
Aesthetics.
3
Botanical illustration.
3
Composition (Art)
3
Drawing books -- Specimens.
3
Landscape painting -- Technique.
3
Pigments.
3
Watercolor painting -- Technique.
3
Artists' books -- Great Britain.
2
Flowers in art.
2
Paint mixing.
2
Painting -- Study and teaching.
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Watercolor painting.
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Wilcockson, William -- Printer.
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Abbott, Anthony, fl. 1838.
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16th century
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20th century
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Great Britain
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Edinburgh (Scotland)
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Dublin (Ireland)
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England
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London
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Associated People
Abbott, Anthony, fl. 1838
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Lizars, Daniel, d. 1812
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Taylor, J. W., active 1834–1837
1
Exhibition History
Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978)
2
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08)
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English
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Dutch
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Field, George, 1777?-1854
Field's chromatography
1885
2
Penley, Aaron, 1807–1870
Sketching from nature in water-colours
[1875]
3
Letter to Anthony Abbott on the mixing and use of paint colors
1838 October 4
4
Willson, Harry, 19th cent
A practical treatise on composition, light and shade, and colour
MDCCCLI [1851]
5
Mr. Taylor's method of coloring
Sept. 1838
6
Andrews, James, 1806–1876
Lessons in flower painting.
[1836]
7
Field, George, 1777?-1854
Chromatography
[ca. 1840]
8
Mansion, L
Letters upon the art of miniature painting
[1822]
9
Hardie, George
Colour atlas
1997
10
Clark, Thomas A
Dividing the light
1995
11
Hay, D. R. (David Ramsay), 1798–1866
The laws of harmonious colouring
1828
12
Gartside, Mary
An essay on a new theory of colours,
1808
13
Chevreul, M. E. (Michel Eugène), 1786–1889
The laws of contrast of colour
1859
14
Cawse, John, 1779–1862
The art of painting portraits, landscapes, animals, draperies, satins, &c. in oil colours
1840
15
Ward, James, 1851–1927
Colour harmony and contrast
1912
16
Wilkinson, John Gardner, Sir, 1797–1875
On colour, and on the necessity for a general diffusion of taste
1858
17
Hay, D. R. (David Ramsay), 1798–1866
The laws of harmonious colouring,
1844
18
Hay, D. R. (David Ramsay), 1798–1866
The laws of harmonious colouring,
1847
19
Hassell, J. (John), d. 1825
The speculum, or, Art of drawing in water colours
1816
20
Benson, William
Principles of the science of colour
1868 [i. e. 1876]
21
Gartside, Mary
An essay on light and shade,
1805
22
Willson, Harry, 19th cent
The use of a box of colours
1842
23
Hay, D. R. (David Ramsay), 1798–1866
The laws of harmonious colouring,
1836
24
Chevreul, M. E. (Michel Eugène), 1786–1889
The principles of harmony and contrast of colours,
1859
25
Howard, Frank, 1805–1866
Colour, as a means of art,
1838
26
Field, George, 1777?-1854
Chromatography, or, A treatise on colours and pigments
1835
27
Chevreul, M. E. (Michel Eugène), 1786–1889
The laws of contrast of colour
1857
28
Gezamenlijke Verenigingen tot Bevordering van de Vakopleiding in de Grafische Industrie
Kleur en inkt
[1968?]
29
Syme, Patrick, 1774–1845
Werner's nomenclature of colours
[2020]
30
Harley, Rosamond D
Artists' pigments c. 1600-1835
1982
31
Field, George, 1777?-1854
Chromotography
[1869?]
32
Wilcox, Michael, 1942–
The Wilcox guide to the best watercolor paints
c1991
33
Bucklow, Spike
Red
2016
34
Keyser, Barbara Whitney, 1946–
Victorian chromatics
c1992
35
McCracken, Grant David, 1951–
Dress colour at the court of Elizabeth I
36
Dootson, Kirsty Sinclair
The rainbow's gravity
2023
37
Berns, Roy S., 1954–
Billmeyer and Saltzman's principles of color technology
c2000